RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (April 29, 2022) – A rich Betty Ford Center tradition is back in 2022 with a kickoff event on Saturday, May 7: Held on select Saturdays since 1976, the Recovery and Mental Health Awareness Hour is the longest-running recovery speaker series in the nation and now, for the first time, will be broadcast live across the United States and globe at HazeldenBettyFord.org/AwarenessHour.
The Awareness Hour has been a tradition of healing, hope, education and advocacy in the Coachella Valley for almost a half century. Now accessible to people across the globe, everyone is invited to attend, including: people in recovery from addiction and/or mental health concerns; people seeking or curious about recovery; supportive and/or concerned friends and family; treatment center patients; behavioral health and other health care professionals; recovery advocates; community leaders, partners and interested members of the public.
Attendees—both online and in person— will hear inspiring and relatable stories of healing, hope, recovery and renewal. They will learn about the latest individual, family and community resources available to help the millions of people affected by substance use, addiction and mental health concerns; discover new opportunities to engage and advocate, and—by sharing the experience with others in the room and around the world—connect in uplifting fellowship.
Recovery: The Greatest Victory of All
The 2022 premiere (Saturday, May 7, 2022, live streaming from 9:30-10:30 a.m. PDT) will feature Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation national recovery advocate William C. Moyers (below, right) as he interviews NHL Hall-of-Famer Grant Fuhr and three-time Olympic gold medalist Carrie Bates about the private struggles they experienced amid public athletic glory, and their comeback stories that were sparked by the hope of recovery.
The free event will be held in, and broadcast from, the Helene Galen Auditorium at Eisenhower Medical Center, the Betty Ford Center's neighbor and longtime collaborator. In-person registration is available here.
The Alcohol Awareness Hour was launched on Nov. 13, 1976, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., and adopted six years later by its new neighbor, the Betty Ford Center, which still carries on the speaker series' rich tradition of public education, inspiration and advocacy. Learn more about the history of the Awareness Hour.
